Branch sects are basically self-reliant, only needing to pay tribute; as for subordinate divisions, not only must resources be handed over, but all affairs require the approval of the Wuji Sect, making it only slightly better than outright annexation.
Yet this was the best condition Cui Xinbi could offer. Her sect had only herself and Madam Zhong left as Nascent Soul cultivators, plus a few Nascent Soul elders traveling and stationed elsewhere—this handful of people was utterly insufficient to sustain the Xuanyan Sect. She had to borrow the prestige of the Wuji Sect as a mighty tiger, otherwise, she could never protect the name of the Xuanyan Sect.
Furthermore, she had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm only recently, and Madam Zhong had a mild temperament, which might not be enough to keep the remaining Nascent Soul elders in line. If she could not even bring those people under control, how could she speak of rebuilding? Before long, the mother and daughter would be driven out of the Xuanyan Sect!
Chapter 399